The best trade the Oilers never made
By Phil Gretzky
For those of you who didn’t catch Jim Matheson’s latest in the Journal, it’s right here.
It gave some good numbers about Darnell Nurse:
Darnell Nurse played five more minutes (26:23) than any other Oiler and was plus 3. He’s only been on for one even-strength goal against in 52 ½ minutes over two games…
If you still think Darnell Nurse should be traded after reading this, then I only have two things to say to you:
- You are clearly an idiot
- I am very happy you are not the GM right now, due to point one.
The Oilers have re-signed Dineen. I’m a little surprised it’s only one year, considering they just traded their best defensive prospect previously still playing in Bakersfield to get him (Michael Kesselring), but the fact that it’s a two-way contract and the amount doesn’t surprise me at all.
Not sure what they’re thinking with such a short contract. Maybe they want to see how he does in a full season in Bakersfield – 12 points in 19 games is nothing to sneeze at, in fact.
We’ll see how he does next season, I guess.